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Supply Chain & Merchandising

  • Sears Holdings names general counsel

    Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Sears Holdings announced today that Kristin M. Coleman will join the company as senior VP, general counsel and corporate secretary. Coleman most recently served as Brunswick Corporation's VP, general counsel and corporate secretary.

    Coleman will be responsible for the oversight and leadership of Sears Holdings' legal business.

  • Houston’s Mission: Control

    By Jason Baker and Kenneth Katz, co-founders and principals, Baker Katz

  • Amazon expands frozen and refrigerated foods footprint

    Amazon is expanding its organic and non-GMO natural food offering with the addition of Green PolkaDot Box Incorporated (GPDB), an emerging online food club.

    The agreement between the companies is intended to take advantage of strategic food offerings developed by GPDB, including frozen/refrigerated goods and proprietary Living Produce. GPDB sales are scheduled to commence on Amazon this week.  

  • Bed, Bath & Beyond offers $2 million share buyback after poor Q1

  • Acellos and High Jump Software merge

    Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Accellos and HighJump Software, each global providers of supply chain management software and trading partner network technology, have agreed to merge, creating a vendor with 11,000 customers in 23 countries with operations in North America, Asia and Europe. The combination of Accellos and HighJump brings together a set of technologies, including networked trading partner connectivity, warehouse management, transportation management, and route delivery.

  • Ross Dress for Less to open 3 Indiana stores as part of 2014 expansion plan

    Dublin, Calif. -- Ross Dress for Less will open three new stores in Indiana on July 19. The stores include Waterford Park South Shopping Center in Clarksville, Shops on Main in Schererville, and Erskine Village in South Bend. 

    These new openings are part of the retailer’s 2014 expansion program, totaling approximately 75 new locations during the year. 
     

  • Office Depot launches back-to-school promotion

    Office Depot is kicking off its latest back-to-school campaign — Gotta Get It! — which includes more than 1,000 items for $5 or less in stores and online. The company is also offering a new price-match policy to shoppers year-round to drive traffic to Office Depot and OfficeMax locations.

  • West Elm opens Indian fair trade rug factory; Bill Clinton visits

    Brooklyn, N.Y. - In partnership with its largest rug supplier, Raj Overseas, West Elm has established a fair trade certified factory for handcrafted rugs in India. Fair trade certification ensures that the rugs are made in safe working conditions and that workers are justly compensated, delivering a premium back to the worker to invest in causes of their choice.

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